Show-case reflector



Oct. 28, 1930. ERIKSON snow CASE REFLECTOR Filed Oct. 9, 1929 Patented Oct. 28, 1930 UNITED v STATES LEONARD ERIKSON, or MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS sHow-oAsE REFLECTOR,

Application .filed October 9,1929. Serial No. 398,387.

My invention relates to show-case reflectors and its general object is to improve and simplify the construction thereof in the manner hereinafter set forth, one specific objectbeing to provide such reflector with a compartment or pocket for housing the spliced portions of the electrical conductors in cases where a number of reflectors are connected in parallel. 1O

vention comprises a trough-shaped body provided with the usual reflector and with a wi re conduit, preferably formed by reversely bend: ing the lower end of the side portion of said body, and a flanged cover-plate removably secured to the reflector at one end thereof so that the flange of the plate forms with the end wall of the body a splicing pocket into 1 which the conduit projects.

In the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification- Figure 1 is an end elevation partly in sec- .tion of a show-case reflector embodying myv invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of said reflector as seen from below; I V v Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1; and

Figs. 4 and 5 are sections taken on the lines H and 55, respectively, of Fig. 2.

In the particular drawings selected for more fully disclosing my invention, 10 is a trough-shaped body open at one side and having a substantially horizontal top portion 11 and a substantially vertical. side portion 12 connected by a portion l3 inclined about 45 degrees from the horizontal. Clips 14: are providedfor securing the reflector to the showcase 15 by screws, one of which is shown at 16.

The trough-shaped body is provided with the usual reflector member 1'( which may beof any suitable construction, for example, a plate of polished metal, a lamp socket 18 secured in position by the screw 19 and a lamp 20. The lower end of the side portion12 is reversely bent as shown at 21 to provide a conduit 22 for the electrical conductorswhich are connected to the lamp socket.

Where a number of such reflectors asabove 7 described are used on a single circuit in con- With the foregoing object in view, my in:

nection with a pluralityof show-cases,- it is a necessary to splice the conductors which pass through the socket and are usually of the slow-burning type so as to connect the several lamps in parallel with the lighting 5 circuit. In order to house the splices, I provide a pocket at one end of the reflector and for this purpose .employ a plate 28 having a flange 24, which plate is removably at tached'to the reflector as by the screw 25 pass 6 ing through said plate and a flange on the end Wall 26 of the trough-shaped body, the flange 24, plate-23 and end wall 26 forming a compartment into which, as shownin Fig4 2, the conduit 22 extends, aportion of said plate 23 beingcut away asindicated at 27 and abuttingthe end of the lower wall of the conduit.

' The cover-plate is provided with an aper-. ture 28. for receiving a tubular conduit 29 and this aperture is provided with a flange 30through'which a screw 31 is threaded for securing said tubular conduit imposition. The horizontal portionll ofthe tubular body terminates in a down-turned portion 82 which also is provided with an aperture 33 for receiving a tubular socket 34, said socket being secured in position by the screw 35 which is P threaded into the cover-plate, the latter being reinforcedat this point by the plate 36.

The reflector is provided with the apertures '28 and 33 aforesaid so that the user may employ either. a horizontal tubular conduit 84 or a vertical tubular :conduit 29, depending upon the construction of the show case.

Having thus. described an illustrative em- 86 bodiment of my invention without however limiting thesame thereto, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is .1. A shows'case reflect or; comprising a trough-shaped body having a substantially 90 horizontal top portion and a substantially vertical side portion, thelower end of said side portion being reversely bent to form a conduit for electrical conductors terminating short of one end of said body, and a coverplate having a flange at right angles thereto, said cover-plate being removably secured to saidreflector at one end thereof to form with the end wall ofsaid body asplicing pocket into which said conduit projects.

2. A show-case reflector comprising a trough-shaped body having a substantially horizontal top portion and a substantially vertical side portion, the lower end of said 5 side portion being reversely bent to form a conduit for electrical conductors terminating short of one end of said body, and a cover-plate having a flange at right angles thereto, said cover-plate being removably sew cured to said reflector at one end thereof to form With the end wall of said body a splicing pocket into which said conduit projects and being provided with an aperture for receiving a tubular conduit extending into said pocket.

3. A show-case reflector comprising a trough-shaped body having asubstantially horizontal top portion and a substantially vertical side portion, the lower end of said side portion being reversely bent to form a conduit for electrical conductors terminating short of one end of said body, a cover-plate having a flange at right angles thereto, said cover-plate being removably secured to said reflector at one end thereof to form with the end wall of said body a splicing pocket into which said conduit projects and being provided with an aperture for receiving a tubular member extending into said pocket, and

a-flangeintegral with said cover-plate for securing said tubular member thereto.

4. A show-case reflector comprising a trough-shaped body having a substantially horizontal top portion and a substantially vertical side portion, the lower end of said side portion being reversely bent to form a conduit for electrical conductors terminating short of one end of said body, a cover-plate having a flange at right angles thereto, said 43 cover-plate being removably secured to said reflector at one end thereof to form with the end wall of said body a splicing pocket into which said conduit projects, and said horizontal portion terminating in a downtnrned w portion provided at one end with an aperture "for receiving a tubular conduit extending into said pocket.

Intestimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 8th day of October, so 1929.

LEONARD ERIKSON. 

